Author Claire Holland

Claire has worked with Deaf children for a number of years, initially as an Educational Communicator and then as a teacher. She recently moved into working in the community to support Deaf adults as a Community Support Worker.
She is chairperson of Bedfordshire Deaf Children’s Society and secretary for Luton Deaf Football Club. She has also provided Deaf Awareness training to various organisations. Claire has her level 2 British Sign Language Certificate although she has been signing from a young age as she is deaf herself.
Initially Claire was a hearing aid user but after losing her residual hearing several years ago she has had a Cochlear Implant. Claire is often accompanied to work by her hearing dog Ivy.

I’ve been so fortunate to go to many different places and see all sorts of things as a travel writer and consultant. I’ve seen Everest on a champagne flight, cage dived with sharks off the coast of Capetown, an...

Having watched Blue Planet 2 and more recently Drowning in Plastic just like everyone else it’s made me think carefully about the impact of plastic on the environment. I have been out and bought a bamboo reusab...

As a trainer for Enhance the UK, I am lucky enough to be able to train people from lots of different organisations and walks of life. This is what makes my job so interesting; no two groups are the same. One th...

The BBC recently published a story about the sadness of living without sex where countless people wrote in explaining how not having had sex had impacted upon them in any different ways, from feeling alone and ...

The Oscar winning short film The Silent Child portrays the life of a profoundly deaf four year old girl named Libby who was born into a middle class hearing family. Whilst watching the film it is clear to the ...

Enhance the UK were really privileged to be asked to do a talk at the V & A museum about all things sex and disability recently. The talk by our CEO Jennie and trainer Emily was really well received and lot...

Deaf mum Sally has been in the news recently regarding requesting interpreters for a Little Mix concert. She initially asked the organisers LHG Live to provide an interpreter and was allegedly told no with no ...

So, Christmas is over and if like me you’re back at work it feels like in distant memory. The topic of the month is New Year’s resolutions and the mood seems to be blue. January is always a difficult time f...

Employment and disability appears to be in the news a lot recently. Scope have launched their campaign with Virgin Media, Work with Me, the new series of Employable Me has started (if you haven’t watched it, I ...

Headlines over the last few weeks have given the impression that Disability Hate Crime involving children is on the rise. However when reading the articles it becomes apparent that reporting of Disability Hate ...